Salix sitchensis

Sitka Willow: for more photos, see Sitka Nature Photo Gallery for Salix sitchensis

Sitka Willow (Salix sitchensis): Mid sized shrub to tree with subprecious to coetaneous catkins. Leaves have distinctive silky hairs on undersurface

Collections in ARCTOS from across the region, though relatively few on the southern outer islands.

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References

Weblinks

• e-FloraBC page for Salix sitchensis
• USDAPLANTS page for Salix sitchensis
• PFAF page for Salix sitchensis
• EthnoBotany page for Salix sitchensis
• FNA page for Salix sitchensis

• PacNW Herbaria Records for Salix sitchensis
• Search Arctos Database for Salix sitchensis (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Salix sitchensis (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Salix sitchensis
• iNaturalist Observations for Salix sitchensis in Southeast Alaska

Other References

• Muller: gen; open areas, gravelly areas, common
• Hall 2010: "Along streams and shores, gravelly areas and alpine where it associates with Sitka Alder. Common."

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